林超伦实战口译练习笔记 第136期:惠普与康柏电脑总公司合并

 　　The May 2002 merger¹ of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer Corporation forged a dynamic, powerful team of 140,000 employees with capabilities² in 160 countries and doing business in 43 currencies and 15 languages. Revenues for the combined companies were $72 billion for the fiscal³ year that ended October 31, 2002. Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina leads HP, which has corporate⁴ headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

　　2003年5月，惠普与康柏电脑总公司合并，组成了一个充满动力的强大的公司，14万员工在160个国家运作，以43种货币和15种语言经营业务。合并后的营业额在2002年10月31日结束的财政年度里，达到720亿美元。董事长兼首席执行官菲奥里纳是惠普的领导人。我们的总部在加州的帕洛阿尔托。

1 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

2 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

4 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。